Last night was our first Additional Relief Society Meeting "A New and Healthier You". A Big "Thank You" goes out to our speakers-Sister Jamie Lorenc, and Sister Gaylynn Crosby.
Sister Lorenc showed us some great beginner Yoga moves. These are great to relieve stress, improve posture, and relieve joint and back pain. She is willing to work with any of our sisters with individual work-outs, contact her for more information.
Sister Crosby spoke about a great resource that is FREE...www.sparkpeople.com. On this website you can calculate your needed daily caloric intake, enter any recipe to find the number of calories per serving, journal your daily food intake, and many other great hints, tips, and help. She also encouraged us to make goals and write them down. She also recommended the following books: "The Culprit and the Cure" by Steven Aldana (this is available on ebay for $1.00 plus $3.99 s/h or on www.alibris.com for 1.99 plus 3.99 s/h). Another book she suggested we read is "The End of Overeating" by Dr. David A. Kessler available on ebay for 15.97 with free shipping.
Jennifer Brown is forming the New and Healthier You small groups. These are groups that will meet once a month to track your success, give encouragement, etc. The best way to get in shape is by doing it together. Please contact her if you are interested in becoming a part of a small group. The first meeting will be Thursday February 25th time to be announced.
Thank you also to the ladies who brought healthy snacks for us to partake. They were all delicious. We had tortilla pinwheels, shrimp cocktail, fresh veggies and dip, fruit kebabs, hummus with bagel chips and crackers, weight watcher cookie bites, angel food strawberry cupcakes, green smoothies, and a mushroom-tomato-onion spread with sliced baguette.
Thank you to everyone who participated, and let's all make our bodies a place of holiness by treating them like the temples that they are.
It definitely was fun last night! Thanks to both Jamie and Gaylynn - I'm making changes this week!
ReplyDeleteFor all those who kept asking how to make the green smoothies - here's the "recipe".
2 cups liquid (water, juice)
2 handfuls of fresh spinach
Blend until spinach is "liquified".
Add 2 spoonfuls of yogurt (optional) and 1/2 banana (optional).
Add 2-3 handfuls of frozen mixed fruit (I use the mix from Sam's).
Blend until fruit is chopped up smooth. If you want it thicker, add more fruit.
You posted that quick Amber!! It was such a fun evening. And thanks for the recipe Eden!
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